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Ethiopia: Laying foundations to fight substandard and falsified medicines
Healthcare
Using GS1 standards to trace surgical and dental instruments
Keeping track of many surgical instruments by visual inspection presented problems from a risk manag...
Scanning the horizon: the evolution of Scan4Safety in the NHS
Healthcare
Scanning the horizon: the evolution of Scan4Safety in the NHS
Six acute NHS demonstrator sites were funded through the GS1 and PEPPOL implementation programme tha...
Improving general inventory control at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Healthcare
Improving general inventory control at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust recognised the need for better inventory management. It employed GS1 ...
Improving patient safety & quality of care at the National Centre for Hereditary Coagulation Disorders, St James’s Hospital, Ireland
Healthcare
Improving patient safety & quality of care at the National Centre for Hereditary Coagulati...
An ineffective recall of contaminated plasma-derived haemophilia medication prompted the NCHCD of St...
Demonstrating the benefits of scanning UDI barcodes on the front lines
Healthcare
Demonstrating the benefits of scanning UDI barcodes on the front lines
The Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Miami, Florida, spent countless hours each week manually...
St. Joseph’s Hospital: Unique Device Identification for better care and patient safety
Healthcare
St. Joseph’s Hospital: Unique Device Identification for better care and patient safety
St. Joseph’s (Catholic) Hospital is located in Huwei township, Yunlin county, Chinese Taipei.
Bernhoven: the first dutch hospital with a unique barcode on all medical devices
Healthcare
Bernhoven: the first dutch hospital with a unique barcode on all medical devices
Bernhoven is the first hospital in the Netherlands that operates according to the GS1 Global Traceab...
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein continues its journey to full traceability of pharmaceuticals
Healthcare
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein continues its journey to full traceability of pharmaceu...
Patient safety is the fundamental goal of Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (HIAE).